Quote of the day by German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss: “When a philosopher says something that is true then it is trivial. When he says something that is not trivial then it is false” – a simple explanation of why truth is often simpler than it seems |
Carl Friedrich Gauss (Image: Wikipedia) Most people assume that if an idea sounds complicated, it must also be profound. Carl Friedrich Gauss, one of the greatest mathematicians in history, was not convinced. “When a philosopher says something that is true then it is trivial,” he observed. “When he says something that is not trivial then…
